Wednesday 22 June 2016

Franchise Darts League kicks into gear this year

Franchise Darts League kicks into gear this year
New formation of a darts league in Sheffield on Thursday nights with low league fee's and high pay outs run by the players for the players.

The League will start on Thursday the 18th of August

The league boast a new sponsors into Sheffield darts with the world famous Leadmill sponsoring the league and other sponsors to follow to make the league very profitable for all who play in it.The Committee will run the league for the teams and will be made up of people from the league and with lots of history and commitment given to the game in the past and now look to the future.

Every team will be a franchise and will boast a sponsor in time and when a team moves from a venue to another with take the team name with them for example when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to LA they became the LA Dodgers so if a team is called the Hawks and play from the Crown so called the Crown Hawks and then move to the White Lion they will then become the White Lion Hawks.

New format of best of 5x501 with 6 singles gives all the chance to field a full side even if struggling and give players more for there game.

No meeting either which is a big bonus as no rule will be changed until the AGM.

The league is growing at such a rapid pace too.The Sheffield Franchise league will also boast a Div 1
to back up the Leadmill Premier Division and the Division 1 will also have it's own sponsor

With 10 teams already registered you will have to get in fast and if you wish to join please contact a committee member

SHEFFIELD DARTS FRANCHISE LEAGUE
LEAGUE GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT THE HOME TEAMS VENUE'S
KNOCKOUTS TO BE PLAYED AT  5 STAR LUXURIOUS VENUE'S in SHEFFIELD CITY CENTRE
COMMITTEE
SECRETARY : SHAUN GREENFIELD
TEAM TREASURER : CHELSEA BAKEWELL
FIXTURES SECRETARY : JOELLE TAYLOR
RESULTS SECRETARY : SIMON BIRKETT
COMPETITIONS : JASON BURKHILL
WEB ADMIN : STEPHEN NAISBIT
REPORTS : PAT FINNEY

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP KNOCKOUTS
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP = EVERYONE WHO HAS PLAYED 20% OF THE GAMES OR MORE DURING THE SEASON
ROUNDS QUALIFIER = ALL PLAYERS AT ONE VENUE TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE LAST 16
ROUNDS LAST 16 = ALL PLAYED ON STAGE AND PRIZE MONEY FOR ALL PLAYERS WHO MAKE THE LAST 16
SINGLES PLATE = EVERY PLAYER NOT MAKING THE LAST 16 WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY
RESERVES CUP = ANY PLAYER THAT TURNS OUT FOR A TEAM CONSTANTLY BUT DOES NOT MEET THE 20% CRITERIA
MERIT SINGLES = CAPTAIN ONLY
YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP = 17 AND UNDER
LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP = FEMALE PLAYERS
SENIOR LEGENDS CUP = ANYONE OVER 50
MEMORIAL TROPHY SINGLES AND PAIRS = EVERY TEAMS CHAMPION AND PAIRS CHAMPIONS
QUALIFIER PLAYED AT TEAM VENUE'S
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP = ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED 20% OF LEAGUE GAMES OR MORE
PREMIER DIVISION LEAGUE
PLAYED THROUGH THE SEASON HOME AND AWAY AT THE TEAMS VENUE AND LIMITED TO THE FIRST 16 TO FORM THE
PREMIER DIVISION
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TO BE ADDED WITH PROMOTION AND RELEGATION
WITH THE PREMIER DIVISION
EXTRA AWARDS DURING THE SEASON
HIGHEST CHECKOUT (INCLUDING THE 170 PIN BADGE FOR A 170)
MOST 180'S (ANY PLAYER HITTING A MAXIMUM WILL GET A PIN BADGE)
LOWEST LEG (A BRONZE DARTS CASE WILL BE AWARDED FOR A 11 DART LEG,A SILVER FOR 10 DART LEG AND A GOLD FOR 9 DART LEG)
HIGHEST LADIES FINISH
TEAM KNOCKOUT
LEAGUE STRUCTURE
OPEN TO THE FIRST 16 TEAMS TO JOIN AND THE 1ST 16 WILL BECOME FOUNDER MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE
EACH TEAM WILL BE A FRANCHISE WITH A TEAM NAME GIVEN AND KEPT
WITH TEAM EMBLEM AND COLOURS(EXAMPLE THE GEORGE INN COULD BE CALLED THE GEORGE INN SHARKS)
THE ENTERING TEAM PICKS OWN COLOURS AND NAME
ALL TEAMS ENTERING WILL RECEIVE A SPONSOR BY THE 3RD SEASON (INCLUDING SHIRTS AND BOARDS)
FORMAT WILL BE 6 SINGLES GAMES BEST OF 5X501
LEAGUE WILL RUN ON THURSDAY NIGHTS
ANY PUB/CLUB CAN JOIN IN AND STARTS IN AUGUST
THE LEAGUE WILL BE RUN FOR THE PEOPLE AND
NO RULE SHALL BE OVERTURNED AT ANY POINT OF THE SEASON TO KEEP THE
LEAGUE SYSTEM FLOWING
THE LEAGUE WILL HAVE THE HIGH PAYOUT BIG SPONSORS
MEETING AND CAPTAINS
THE LEAGUE RULES WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT THE ACCEPTANCE MEETING
NO FURTHER MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED AS THE RULES WILL BE IN PLACE
AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED FOR ANYONE, MAKING THE LEAGUE RUN SMOOTHLY

PLAYERS REGISTRATIONS AND COMPETITIONS ENTRIES
REGISTRATIONS SHALL BE DONE ON LINE AND COMPETITION ENTRIES SHALL BE DONE ON THE NIGHT
LEAGUE FEES
ONE LEAGUE FEE OF JUST £50 WILL BE OWED AND THAT WILL COVER ALL LEAGUE FEE'S